Chemical profiling and biological screening of Thymus lotocephalus extracts obtained by supercritical fluid extraction and hydrodistillation

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 246-256

  Costa, Patrícia ^a   Gonçalves, Sandra ^a   Grosso, Clara ^b   Andrade, Paula B ^b   Valentão, Patrícia ^b   Bernardo Gil, M Gabriela ^c   Romano, Anabela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Anti cholinesterase; Antioxidants; Essential oil; SFE extracts

Indexed keywords

1 ,8-CINEOLE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AERIAL PARTS; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; ANTI-CHOLINESTERASE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL SCREENING; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CHEMICAL PROFILES; CHEMICAL PROFILING; CIS-LINALOOL OXIDE; DPPH ASSAY; EXTRACTION YIELD; HYDRODISTILLATIONS; IN-VITRO; INHIBITORY ACTIVITY; MAIN COMPONENT; MONOTERPENES; SESQUITERPENES; SFE EXTRACTS; WORKING PRESSURES;

AGENTS; BIOMARKERS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; OLEFINS; OXYGEN; SEPARATION; SEPARATORS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ANTIOXIDANT; DICOTYLEDON; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INHIBITOR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MENTAL HEALTH;

DRYOBALANOPS; THYMUS LOTOCEPHALUS;

EID: 80054713062     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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